Green Tea, a local band specializing in high energy Irish dance music and "Celtic world beat," will perform at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point on Thursday, February 23.

The concert will be held at 8 p.m. at the Encore of the Dreyfus University Center. Admission will be $4 for the general public and free for students with a UWSP ID. The event is sponsored by Centertainment Productions.

Green Tea plays an eclectic mix of world music intended for everyone from grandparents to college students. Fusing Celtic world-beat with contemporary jazz improvisation, the band�s sound is truly unique. The group is composed of John Coletta, a UWSP English professor, on tin whistle, Irish flute, harmonium, djembe, hands, and vocals; Fritha Schedgick on violin; David Tamres, a UWSP physics and astronomy professor, on mandolin and guitar; Cathy Woodruff on bodhran, mandolin and djembe; and Trevor Roark on guitar, bodhran, spoons, bones and vocals. The band released their first album "All Ages" in September 2004.

For more information about Green Tea, visit their Web site at www.greenteaworldmusic.com.

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